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Aim2 and Nlrp3 Are Dispensable for Vaccine-Induced Immunity against Francisella tularensis Live Vaccine Strain.
Infection and immunity - 16 Jun 2021
Alqahtani Maha, Ma Zhuo, Fantone Kayla, Malik Meenakshi, Bakshi Chandra Shekhar
Abstract excerpt
Francisella tularensis is a facultative, intracellular, Gram-negative bacterium that causes a fatal disease known as tularemia. Due to its extremely high virulence, ease of spread by aerosolization, and potential to be used as a bioterror agent, F. tularensis is classified by the CDC as a tier 1 category A select agent. Previous studies have demonstrated the roles of the inflammasome sensors absent in melanoma 2...
Topics
- Animals
- Bacterial Vaccines
- DNA-Binding Proteins
- Disease Models, Animal
- Francisella tularensis
- Host-Pathogen Interactions
- Immunity, Humoral
- Immunization
- Mice
- Mice, Knockout
- Mutation
